David Tennant

David Tennant has made another vocal display of support for the transgender community, while sharing his take on JK Rowling’s views on issues relating to the trans community.

The former Doctor Who star is one of the subjects of the new interview series The Assembly, in which a celebrity guest faces a grilling from an audience of people with autism, learning disabilities or other neurodivergences.

As part of his interview, David was asked about what inspired him to become an outspoken ally for transgender and gender non-conforming people.

He responded: “When I was a teenager, there was this thing that Mrs Thatcher’s government introduced called Section 28, which was about stopping the ‘promotion’ of homosexuality in schools, which was a weird umbrella term which was basically saying it was illegal to talk about being gay in school or to suggest that that might be a normal way of behaving.

“We look back on that now as a medieval, absurd thing to try and say. And I think the way the trans community is being demonised and othered is exactly the same. It’s become this kind of political football.”

Asked about Rowling – who has

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